Capital for games, interactive entertainment, content platforms, and media-tech businesses.
Gaming and media investors back studios, platforms, tools, and distribution businesses in interactive entertainment and content. Hits are power-law; so funds look for teams that understand retention loops, live ops, IP, or distribution advantages, not only a single launch spike.
In India, mobile-first audiences, creator ecosystems, and global publishing ambitions all show up in theses. Diligence asks about D1/D7 retention, payer conversion, content pipeline, and whether growth depends on paid UA forever.
Pitch the engagement loop and the economic engine. One viral moment is not a thesis; a system that produces repeatable audience or hit potential is.
Be the 'Y Combinator of India', provide initial capital plus committed follow-on to idea-stage startups, supporting them across their first three funding rounds before connecting them to large VCs for growth capital.
$250K – $3MHelp founders get the advantage they need to build their vision
$100K – $1MAnkush Sachdeva focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Consumer / D2C, Media, operating as a Angel / Individual relevant to Indian founders.
Pre-SeedAnthill Ventures backs early-stage Indian startups at Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A, focusing on founders building scalable businesses in Web3, Health Tech, Consumer Internet, CleanTech, and PropTech with strong product-market fit potential.
$100K – $1MBack scalable, innovative solutions to real-life problems across tech and consumer/D2C; an operator-investor who mentors founders on building and scaling, with a sharp eye on unit economics.
$50K – $500KAshish Hemrajani focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Consumer / D2C, Media, operating as a Angel / Individual relevant to Indian founders.
Pre-SeedAudacity Ventures focuses on Seed, Series A opportunities across technology and adjacent sectors, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.
$500K – $5MBertelsmann India Investments backs growth-stage technology and consumer businesses in India, with particular conviction in education, media, and digital commerce where the Bertelsmann global network can add meaningful strategic value.
$5M – $30MBhanu Pratap Singh focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Media, operating as a Angel / Individual relevant to Indian founders.
Pre-SeedBlueLotus Ventures backs early-stage Indian startups across a wide range of sectors-from SaaS and FinTech to DeepTech and Web3-writing pre-seed and seed cheques through a syndicate model that brings together engaged co-investors alongside capital.
$100K – $150KBrand Capital focuses on Seed, Series A opportunities across Consumer / D2C, Media, operating as a Corporate / CVC relevant to Indian founders.
Seed · Series ACloud Capital backs early-stage Indian startups across a wide range of sectors, writing syndicate-style cheques at Pre-Seed through Series A with a preference for SaaS, FinTech, DeepTech, and emerging technology categories.
$100K – $150KDisruption Fund focuses on Seed, Series A opportunities across technology and adjacent sectors, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.
$12K – $90KDivyank Turakhia focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Sector Agnostic, operating as a Angel / Individual relevant to Indian founders.
Pre-SeedDream Sports Ventures focuses on Seed, Series A opportunities across Gaming / Media, operating as a Corporate / CVC relevant to Indian founders.
$1M – $100MEternal Capital backs early-stage technology companies in India building enduring businesses, with a focus on SaaS, FinTech, Consumer, AI, and B2B sectors at the Pre-Seed and Seed stages.
$100K – $500KEximius Ventures backs early-stage Indian startups at Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A, with a focus on capital-efficient businesses across SaaS, FinTech, Web3, HealthTech, and emerging sectors like CleanTech and the Creator Economy.
$100K – $500KBack passionate founders with disruptive ideas in early-stage technology, drawing on edtech and consumer-internet operating experience to mentor on product and scaling.
$50K – $200KHaresh Chawla focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Consumer / D2C, Media, operating as a Angel / Individual relevant to Indian founders.
Pre-SeedIAMAI Angel Network focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Consumer / D2C, Media, operating as a Syndicate / Network relevant to Indian founders.
Pre-SeedPartner with technology entrepreneurs building scalable businesses that leverage digital disruption
$1M – $4MKavin Mittal focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed opportunities across Consumer / D2C, Media, operating as a Angel / Individual relevant to Indian founders.
Pre-SeedInvest in gaming, Web3 and FinTech founders at the earliest stage
$10KLeo Capital backs early-stage technology startups across India and Southeast Asia at the Pre-Series A stage, with a focus on capital-efficient businesses in SaaS, FinTech, Consumer Internet, and emerging verticals like SpaceTech, CleanTech, and Web3.
$500K – $3M